![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not all portrayals are necessarily the most flattering (see: Helen herself), but the way the story is told they feel more realistic. It’s hard to pick a favourite character out of the entire book because Colleen McCullough has made each unique and interesting. This is an unputdownable tale of love, ambition, delusion, honour and consuming passion. It is told through the eyes of its main characters: the sensuous and self-indulgent Helen the subtle and brilliant Odysseus the sad old man Priam, King of Troy the tormented warrior prince, Achilles and Agamemnon, King of Kings, who consents to the unspeakable in order to launch his thousand ships. In The Song of Troy, the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds recounts the tale of Helen and Paris, the immortal lovers who doomed two great nations to a terrible war. This time I’m highlighting a book I really enjoyed: The Song of Troy by Colleen McCullough. Spotlight is my Saturday feature in which I highlight a book I am either really looking forward to or really enjoyed. ![]()
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